Amazon RDS for MySQL connection

To access your data in Amazon RDS for MySQL, create a connection asset for it.

Amazon RDS for MySQL is a MySQL relational database that runs on the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).

Supported versions

MySQL database versions 5.6 through 8.0

Create a connection to Amazon RDS for MySQL

To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:

• Database name
• Hostname or IP address
• Port number
• Username and password
• SSL certificate (if required by the database server)

For Credentials and Certificates, you can use secrets if a vault is configured for the platform and the service supports vaults. For information, see Using secrets from vaults in connections.

Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform

In a project Click Add to project > Connection. See Adding a connection to a project.

In a catalog Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.

In a deployment space Click Add to space > Connection. See Adding connections to a deployment space.

In the Platform assets catalog Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

• See Add data from a connection in a project.
• See Add data from a connection in a catalog.

Where you can use this connection

You can use Amazon RDS for MySQL connections in the following workspaces and tools:

Analytics projects

• Data Refinery (Watson Studio or Watson Knowledge Catalog)
• DataStage (DataStage service)
• Metadata import (Watson Knowledge Catalog)
• Notebooks. Use the insert-to-code function to get the connection credentials and load the data into a data structure. See Load data from data source connections.
• SPSS Modeler (SPSS Modeler service)

Catalogs

• Platform assets catalog
• Other catalogs (Watson Knowledge Catalog)

Data Virtualization service You can connect to this data source from Data Virtualization.

Amazon RDS for MySQL setup

For setup instructions, see these topics:

• Creating an Amazon RDS DB Instance
• Connecting to a DB Instance Running the MySQL Database Engine

Running SQL statements

To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the Amazon RDS for MySQL documentation for the correct syntax.

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Amazon RDS for MySQL

Parent topic: Supported connections